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1 parque público
m.public park.* * *(n.) = public parkEx. Some of these sites were once large private estates long since transformed in to public parks and wildlife preserves = Algunos de estos lugares fueron grandes propiedades privadas que desde hace tiempo pasaron a ser parques públicos y reservas naturales.* * *(n.) = public parkEx: Some of these sites were once large private estates long since transformed in to public parks and wildlife preserves = Algunos de estos lugares fueron grandes propiedades privadas que desde hace tiempo pasaron a ser parques públicos y reservas naturales.
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2 desarrollarse
1 (crecer) to develop2 (transcurrir) to take place* * ** * *VPR1) (=madurar) [adolescente] to develop, reach puberty; [planta, animal] to develop, reach maturity; [país] to develop2) (=ocurrir) [suceso, reunión] to take place; [trama] to unfold, develop3) (=desenrollarse) [algo enrollado] to unroll; [algo plegado] to unfold, open (out)* * *(v.) = proceed, grow, build up, burgeon, unfold, grow up, come up, shape upEx. Instructions should be clear and unambiguous, and they should proceed in a logical manner.Ex. No true reader can be expected to grow on a diet of prescribed texts only regardless of how well chosen they are.Ex. The third thing I'm perturbed about is this general atmosphere of negativism which seems to be building up.Ex. The other principal omission from UNESCO's 1950 listing was report literature -- a field of published record which has burgeoned in the last thirty years = La otra omisión principal de la lista de 1950 de la UNESCO fueron los informes, un área que se ha desarrollado en los últimos treinta años.Ex. Research in any scientific field can never be neutral: the process is initially motivated by the researcher's own questioning of perceived realities, and unfolds in a particular historical moment, subject to the social, political and ideological influences of that context.Ex. In the 1920s and 30s factory libraries grew up in all types of industries, particularly textile industries, but their size and quality varied.Ex. Do you feel that we should stay with our old number-crunching, inefficient system or switch to voice transmission, which seems to be coming up fairly fast?.Ex. A major war may be shaping up over videotex advertising between cable television operators and the telephone companies.* * *(v.) = proceed, grow, build up, burgeon, unfold, grow up, come up, shape upEx: Instructions should be clear and unambiguous, and they should proceed in a logical manner.
Ex: No true reader can be expected to grow on a diet of prescribed texts only regardless of how well chosen they are.Ex: The third thing I'm perturbed about is this general atmosphere of negativism which seems to be building up.Ex: The other principal omission from UNESCO's 1950 listing was report literature -- a field of published record which has burgeoned in the last thirty years = La otra omisión principal de la lista de 1950 de la UNESCO fueron los informes, un área que se ha desarrollado en los últimos treinta años.Ex: Research in any scientific field can never be neutral: the process is initially motivated by the researcher's own questioning of perceived realities, and unfolds in a particular historical moment, subject to the social, political and ideological influences of that context.Ex: In the 1920s and 30s factory libraries grew up in all types of industries, particularly textile industries, but their size and quality varied.Ex: Do you feel that we should stay with our old number-crunching, inefficient system or switch to voice transmission, which seems to be coming up fairly fast?.Ex: A major war may be shaping up over videotex advertising between cable television operators and the telephone companies.* * *
■desarrollarse verbo reflexivo
1 (crecer una persona, enfermedad, etc) to develop
2 (suceder, tener lugar) to take place: el espectáculo se desarrolló en un parque público, the show took place in a park
' desarrollarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
evolucionar
- desarrollar
- formar
- ir
English:
develop
- evolve
- progress
- shape up
- smoothly
- unfold
- grow
- mature
- shape
* * *vpr1. [crecer, mejorar] to develop;la proteína es imprescindible para desarrollarse protein is essential for development o growth2. [suceder] [reunión, encuentro, manifestación] to take place;[película, obra, novela] to be set;la manifestación se desarrolló sin incidentes the demonstration went off without incident;la acción de la novela se desarrolla en el siglo XIX the novel is set in the 19th century3. [evolucionar] to develop;¿cómo se desarrollarán los acontecimientos? how will events develop?* * *v/r1 develop, evolve2 ( ocurrir) take place* * *vr: to take place* * *1. (en general) to develop -
3 menos
adj.1 less.menos aire less airmenos manzanas fewer applesmenos… que… less/fewer… than…tiene menos experiencia que tú she has less experience than youhace menos calor que ayer it's not as hot as it was yesterdayhay dos libros de menos there are two books missingme han dado 10 euros de menos they've given me 10 euros too little2 the least.el que compró menos acciones the one who bought the fewest shareslo que menos tiempo llevó the thing that took the least timela que menos nota sacó en el examen the girl who did (the) worst o got the worst marks in the exam3 fewer.adv.1 less.menos de/que less thanson menos de las diez it's not quite ten o'clock yet2 minus (expresa resta).tres menos dos igual a uno three minus two is one3 to (con las horas). (peninsular Spanish, River Plate)son las dos menos diez it's ten to twoson menos diez it's ten to4 under.prep.1 except (for) (excepto).todo menos eso anything but that2 minus, less.m. s.&pl.minus (sign) (Mat).* * *► adjetivo1 (comparativo - en cantidad) less; (- en número) fewer2 (superlativo - de cantidad) least; (- de número) fewest► adverbio1 (comparativo - de cantidad) less; (- de número) fewer■ hay que conducir a menos de 100km/h one cannot drive over 100 km/h2 (superlativo) least3 (con horas) to4 MATEMÁTICAS minus■ cuatro menos dos, dos four minus two is two1 but, except1 (cantidad) less; (número) fewer■ esperaban a más de mil personas pero vinieron menos they were expecting over a thousand people but fewer came1 MATEMÁTICAS minus sign\a menos que unlessal menos / a lo menos at leastaún menos much lesscada vez menos less and lessdar (dinero) de menos to short-changeen menos de nada in no time at alleso es lo de menos that's the least of my worriesir a menos to go down in the worldlo menos at leastmenos da una piedra something's better than nothing¡menos mal! thank God!¡ni mucho menos! far from it!no ser para menos to be no wonderpara no ser menos so as not to be outdonepor lo menos at leastpor menos de nada for no reason at allqué menos que...... is the least somebody could do/could have donesi al menos... if only...venirse a menos to come down in the world¡ya será menos! come off it!* * *1. noun m. 2. adj.1) less, least2) fewer, fewest3. adv.1) less2) least•- por lo menos 4. prep.1) except2) minus5. pron.less, fewer* * *1. ADV1) [comparativo] less•
menos de — [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] less than; [con sustantivos contables] fewer thanllegamos en menos de diez minutos — we got there in less than o in under ten minutes
2) [superlativo] least3)•
al menos — at least•
de menos, hay siete de menos — we're seven short, there are seven missingme dieron un paquete con medio kilo de menos — they gave me a packet which was half a kilo short o under weight
darse de menos — to underestimate o.s.
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echar de menos a algn — to miss sb•
ir a menos — to come down in the world•
lo menos diez — at least ten•
eso es lo de menos — that's the least of it•
¡menos mal! — thank goodness!¡menos mal que habéis venido! — thank goodness you've come!
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era nada menos que un rey — he was a king, no less•
no es para menos — quite right too•
por lo menos — at least•
¡ qué menos!, -le di un euro de propina -¡qué menos! — "I tipped her a euro" - "that was the least you could do!"¿qué menos que darle las gracias? — the least we can do is say thanks!
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quedarse en menos, no se quedó en menos — he was not to be outdone•
tener a menos hacer algo — to consider it beneath o.s. to do sth•
venir a menos — to come down in the world•
y menos, no quiero verle y menos visitarle — I don't want to see him, let alone visit himcuando 2., 2), poder•
¡ ya será menos! — come off it!2. ADJ1) [comparativo] [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] less; [con sustantivos contables] fewer•
menos... que, A tiene menos ventajas que B — A has fewer advantages than Bno soy menos hombre que él — * I'm as much of a man as he is
este es menos coche que el anterior — * this is not as good a car as the last one
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ser menos que, ganaremos porque son menos que nosotros — we'll win because there are fewer of them than there are of us2) [superlativo] [con sustantivos incontables, medidas, dinero, tiempo] least; [con sustantivos contables] fewest3. PREP1) (=excepto) except¡todo menos eso! — anything but that!
2) (Mat) [para restar] minus, lesscinco menos dos — five minus o less two
4.CONJ5. SM1) (Mat) minus sign2)3)más 1., 2)* * *I1) ( comparativo) lessahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now
no voy a ir, y menos aún con él — I'm not going, and certainly not with him
menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think
2) ( superlativo) leastIIcuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)
adjetivo invariable1) ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less; ( en número) feweralimentos con menos fibra/calorías — food with less fiber/fewer calories
ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now
menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me
2) ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least; ( en número) fewestIII1)sírveme menos — don't give me so much, give me less
2) (en locs)IVde menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world
1) ( excepto)firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso
menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale
tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé — three cans of paint, less what I used
2)a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minusb) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora)Vson las cinco menos diez/cuarto — it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five
masculino minus sign* * *= least, less [lesser -comp., least -sup.], minus, but, less so.Ex. Service to the whole community implies positive discrimination towards those who through social or educational deprivation are least adept at using information tools.Ex. The role of analytical entries in an online catalogue is less clear.Ex. Copies of records created by the libraries, minus local data, are added to the pool of cataloguing information available to users.Ex. Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.Ex. Vellum remained popular on the continent, less so in England; while goatskin (morocco), although well established by this time for fine work, was seldom used in trade binding except for prayer books.----* al menos = at least, at the very least.* a menos que = unless, short of.* aproximadamente, más o menos = ballpark.* area menos favorecida = less favoured area.* cada vez menos = less and less.* cuando menos te lo esperes = on any given Sunday.* cuanto menos = at least, let alone, at best.* dar menos de lo debido = shortchange.* de menos del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.* echar de menos = miss.* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.* en todos menos en = in all but.* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.* en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future, in the near future.* estrella venida a menos = fallen star.* figura venida a menos = fallen star.* hacerlo todo menos = stop at + nothing short of.* horas de menos aglomeración = off-peak times.* lo menos posible = as little as possible.* más o menos = more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take.* más o menos + Adverbio = relatively + Adverbio.* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.* menos aún = let alone.* menos blandeces y más mano dura = less of the carrot, more of the stick, less of the carrot, more of the stick.* menos conocido = lesser known.* menos cultos, los = less literate, the.* menos de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad, less than + Cantidad.* menos de + Edad = on the right side of + Edad.* menos desarrollado = less developed [less-developed].* menos en = save in.* menos en el caso de que = except when.* menos favorecido = less-advantaged, less favoured [less favored].* menos hecho = rarer.* menos importante, el = least, the.* menos probable = least likely, less likely.* menos... que... = less... than....* menos rápidos, los = less fleet of foot, the.* menos sabido = lesser known.* menos usado = less used.* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.* nada más y nada menos que de = to the tune of + Cantidad.* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.* ni más ni menos = nothing more, nothing less, no more, no less.* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.* Nombre + más o menos = Nombre + of sorts.* no ser menos que el vecino = keep up with + the Joneses.* no ser menos que los demás = keep up with + the Joneses.* pagar menos de lo que se debería = underpay.* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.* personaje venido a menos = fallen star.* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.* región menos favorecida = less favoured region (LFR).* salir de donde menos Uno se lo espera = come out of + the woodwork.* ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.* signo menos (-) = minus sign (-), negative sign (-).* todo menos = everything except (for).* todos menos = everyone except, everybody except.* todos menos + Número = all but + Número.* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.* venir a menos = retrench.* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.* zona menos favorecida = less favoured area.* * *I1) ( comparativo) lessahora lo vemos menos — we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of him now
no voy a ir, y menos aún con él — I'm not going, and certainly not with him
menos (...) que: un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than this one; ella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize you; menos (...) de less than; pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos; no lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousand; éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us; los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven; es menos peligroso de lo que tú crees — it's not as dangerous as you think
2) ( superlativo) leastIIcuando menos lo esperábamos — when we were least expecting it; para locs ver menos III 2)
adjetivo invariable1) ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less; ( en número) feweralimentos con menos fibra/calorías — food with less fiber/fewer calories
ya hace menos frío — it's not as o so cold now
menos (...) que: tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you; menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year; yo no soy menos que él — he's no better than me
2) ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least; ( en número) fewestIII1)sírveme menos — don't give me so much, give me less
2) (en locs)IVde menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too little; me has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me; lo menos (fam) at least; menos mal just as well, thank goodness; menos mal que no me oyó just as well o it's a good thing he didn't hear me; por lo menos at least; ir a menos to go downhill; ser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es... that's the least of it, what worries me is...; la fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problems; tener a alguien en menos to feel somebody is beneath one; tener algo a menos to think something is beneath one o beneath one's dignity; venirse a menos — to come down in the world
1) ( excepto)firmaron todos menos Alonso — everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonso
menos estos dos, todos están en venta — apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for sale
tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé — three cans of paint, less what I used
2)a) (Mat) (en restas, números negativos) minusb) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora)Vson las cinco menos diez/cuarto — it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five
masculino minus sign* * *= least, less [lesser -comp., least -sup.], minus, but, less so.Ex: Service to the whole community implies positive discrimination towards those who through social or educational deprivation are least adept at using information tools.
Ex: The role of analytical entries in an online catalogue is less clear.Ex: Copies of records created by the libraries, minus local data, are added to the pool of cataloguing information available to users.Ex: Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.Ex: Vellum remained popular on the continent, less so in England; while goatskin (morocco), although well established by this time for fine work, was seldom used in trade binding except for prayer books.* al menos = at least, at the very least.* a menos que = unless, short of.* aproximadamente, más o menos = ballpark.* area menos favorecida = less favoured area.* cada vez menos = less and less.* cuando menos te lo esperes = on any given Sunday.* cuanto menos = at least, let alone, at best.* dar menos de lo debido = shortchange.* de menos del 10 por ciento = single digit, single figure.* dentro de lo malo lo menos malo = the best of a bad lot.* echar de menos = miss.* echar muchísimo de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* echar mucho de menos = be sorely missed, be sadly missed.* el último pero no el menos importante = the last but by no means least.* en todos menos en = in all but.* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.* en un período más o menos lejano = in the near future, in the near future.* estrella venida a menos = fallen star.* figura venida a menos = fallen star.* hacerlo todo menos = stop at + nothing short of.* horas de menos aglomeración = off-peak times.* lo menos posible = as little as possible.* más o menos = more or less, of a sort, or so, of sorts, after a fashion, round about, roughly speaking, give or take.* más o menos + Adverbio = relatively + Adverbio.* más o menos cuadrado = squarish.* menos aún = let alone.* menos blandeces y más mano dura = less of the carrot, more of the stick, less of the carrot, more of the stick.* menos conocido = lesser known.* menos cultos, los = less literate, the.* menos de + Cantidad = under + Cantidad, less than + Cantidad.* menos de + Edad = on the right side of + Edad.* menos desarrollado = less developed [less-developed].* menos en = save in.* menos en el caso de que = except when.* menos favorecido = less-advantaged, less favoured [less favored].* menos hecho = rarer.* menos importante, el = least, the.* menos probable = least likely, less likely.* menos... que... = less... than....* menos rápidos, los = less fleet of foot, the.* menos sabido = lesser known.* menos usado = less used.* mucho menos = a great deal less, let alone, far less.* nada más y nada menos = as much as + Expresión Numérica.* nada más y nada menos que = in the order of + Cantidad, nothing less than.* nada más y nada menos que de = to the tune of + Cantidad.* nada más y nada menos que desde + Expresión Temporal = from as far back as + Expresión Temporal.* nada más y nada menos que + Número = as many as + Número.* nada menos que + Nombre + tan + Adjetivo + como = no less + Adjetivo + Nombre + than.* ni más ni menos = nothing more, nothing less, no more, no less.* ni mucho menos = by any stretch (of the imagination), by any means, not by a long shot.* Nombre + más o menos = Nombre + of sorts.* no ser menos que el vecino = keep up with + the Joneses.* no ser menos que los demás = keep up with + the Joneses.* pagar menos de lo que se debería = underpay.* para no ser menos = not to be outdone.* personaje venido a menos = fallen star.* por último pero no menos importante = last but not least.* región menos favorecida = less favoured region (LFR).* salir de donde menos Uno se lo espera = come out of + the woodwork.* ser menos + Adjetivo = be less of a(n) + Nombre.* ser nada más y nada menos que = be nothing less than.* signo menos (-) = minus sign (-), negative sign (-).* todo menos = everything except (for).* todos menos = everyone except, everybody except.* todos menos + Número = all but + Número.* último pero no el menos importante, el = final and not the least important, the.* venir a menos = retrench.* y cuanto mucho menos = much less.* y mucho menos = much less, least of all.* zona menos favorecida = less favoured area.* * *A [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ](comparativo): cada vez estudia menos she's studying less and lessquiere trabajar menos y ganar más he wants to work less and earn moreya me duele menos it doesn't hurt so much nowahora que vive en Cádiz lo vemos menos now that he's living in Cadiz we don't see him so often o we don't see so much of himeso es menos importante that's not so importantno voy a permitir que vaya, y menos aún con él I'm not going to let her go, much less with himmenos (…) QUE:un hallazgo no menos importante que éste a find which is no less important than o just as important as this oneella menos que nadie puede criticarte she of all people is in no position to criticize youno pude menos que aceptar I had to accept, it was the least I could domenos (…) DE:los niños de menos de 7 años children under sevenpesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kiloséramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of uslo compraron por menos de nada they bought it for next to nothingno lo haría por menos de cien mil I wouldn't do it for less than a hundred thousandestá a menos de una hora de aquí it's less than an hour from herees menos peligroso de lo que tú crees it's not as dangerous as you thinkB [ Grammar notes (Spanish) ] (superlativo) leastes la menos complicada que he visto it is the least complicated one I have seenéste es el menos pesado de los dos this is the lighter of the twoes el que menos viene por aquí he's the one who comes around least (often)soy el que ha bebido menos de todos I've had less to drink than anyone, I'm the one who's had least to drinkes el que menos me gusta he's the one I like (the) leastse esfuerza lo menos posible he makes as little effort as possiblees lo menos que podía hacer por él it's the least I could do for himsucedió cuando menos lo esperábamos it happened when we were least expecting italimentos con menos fibra/calorías food with less fiber/fewer caloriesya hace menos frío it's not as o so cold nowrecibimos cada vez menos pedidos we are getting fewer and fewer orderscuesta tres veces menos it costs a third of the price o a third as muchmide medio metro menos it's half a meter shortera éste ponle dos cucharadas menos add two tablespoonfuls less to this onemenos (…) QUE:tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as youmenos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last yearsomos menos que ellos there are fewer of us than themno soy menos hombre que él I'm no less a man than himyo no soy menos que él he's no better than meel rincón donde hay menos luz the corner where there's least lightel partido que obtuvo menos votos the party that got (the) fewest votesesos casos son los menos cases like that are the exceptionAsírveme menos don't give me as o so muchya falta menos it won't be long nowaprobaron menos que el año pasado not so o as many passed as last year, fewer passed than last yearB ( en locs):al menos at leasta menos que unlessa menos que tú nos ayudes unless you help uscuando menos at leastde menos: me ha dado 100 pesos de menos you've given me 100 pesos too littlesiempre te da unos gramos de menos he always gives you a few grams under o too littleme has cobrado de menos you've undercharged me, you haven't charged me enoughles pagaron lo menos un millón they paid them at least a million pesosmenos mal just as wellmenos mal que no me oyó just as well o good thing o thank goodness he didn't hear menos van a dar una prórroga — ¡menos mal! they are going to give us extra time — just as well! o thank goodness for that!por lo menos at leastsi por lo menos me hubieras avisado … if you'd at least told me …había por lo menos diez mil personas there were at least ten thousand people thereir a menos to go downhillser lo de menos: eso es lo de menos, a mí lo que me preocupa es su falta de honradez that's the least of it, what worries me is his lack of integrityla fecha es lo de menos the date is the least of our/their problemstener a algn en menos to feel sb is beneath onetener algo a menos to think sth is beneath one o beneath one's dignityvenirse a menos to come down in the worldun aristócrata venido a menos an aristocrat who has come down in the world o who has fallen on hard timesun hotel/barrio venido a menoss a rundown hotel/neighborhood*A(excepto): firmaron todos menos Alonso everybody but Alonso signed, everybody signed except o but Alonsomenos estos dos, todos están en venta apart from o with the exception of these two, they are all for saletres latas de pintura, menos la que usé para la puerta three cans of paint, less what I used on the doorB8-15=-7 read as: ocho menos quince (es) igual (a) menos siete eight minus fifteen equals o is minus seven2(Esp, RPI) (en la hora) [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] son las ocho menos diez/cuarto it's ten to eight/(a) quarter to eight¿tienes hora? — menos veinte do you have the time? — it's twenty tominus sign* * *
menos adverbio
1 ( comparativo) less;
ya me duele menos it hurts less now;
ahora lo vemos menos we don't see him so often now, we don't see so much of him now;
pesa menos de 50 kilos it weighs less than o under 50 kilos;
éramos menos de diez there were fewer than ten of us;
los niños de menos de 7 años children under seven
2 ( superlativo) least;
el que menos me gusta the one I like (the) least;
se esfuerza lo menos posible he makes as little effort as possible;
cuando menos lo esperaba when I was least expecting it
■ adjetivo invariable
1 ( comparativo) ( en cantidad) less;
( en número) fewer;◊ alimentos con menos fibra/calorías food with less fiber/fewer calories;
hay menos errores there are fewer mistakes;
mide medio metro menos it's half a meter shorter;
menos estudiantes que el año pasado fewer students than last year;
tengo menos tiempo que tú I haven't as o so much time as you
2 ( superlativo) ( en cantidad) least;
( en número) fewest;
el que obtuvo menos votos the one who got (the) fewest votes
■ pronombre
1 ( en cantidad) less;
( en número) fewer;
ya falta menos it won't be long now
2 ( en locs)
a menos que unless;
cuando menos at least;
de menos: me dió 100 pesos de menos he gave me 100 pesos too little;
me cobró de menos he undercharged me;
lo menos the least;
menos mal just as well, thank goodness;
por lo menos at least;
eso es lo de menos that's the least of my (o our etc) problems
■ preposición
1 ( excepto):◊ todos menos Alonso everybody except o but Alonso;
menos estos dos, … apart from o with the exception of these two, …;
tres latas de pintura, menos la que usé para la puerta three cans of paint, less what I used on the door
2
b) (Esp, RPl) ( en la hora):◊ son las cinco menos diez/cuarto it's ten to five/(a) quarter to five;
son menos veinte it's twenty to
menos
I adverbio
1 (en menor cantidad, grado) (con no contable) less: ayer me dolía menos, it hurt less yesterday
había menos de treinta personas, there were less than thirty people
es menos importante de lo que crees, it's less important than you think
tengo menos fuerza que antes, I have less strength than before
(con contable) fewer: mi casa tiene menos habitaciones, my house has fewer rooms
2 (superlativo) least: es el menos indicado para opinar, he's the worst person to judge
3 (sobre todo) no pienso discutir, y menos contigo, I don't want to argue, especially with you
II preposición
1 but, except: vinieron todos menos uno, they all came but one
2 Mat minus: siete menos dos, seven minus two
♦ Locuciones: eso es lo de menos, that's the least of it
a menos que, unless
al o por lo menos, at least
cada vez menos, less and less
¡menos mal!, thank goodness!
nada menos que, no less o no fewer than
no ser para menos, to be the least one could do: me invitó a cenar, ¡y no era para menos!, he invited me to dinner, which was the least he could do!
venir a menos, to lose rank, fortune or position
' menos' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aliviar
- añorar
- cachondeo
- cada
- cantar
- contratación
- cuando
- echar
- esquivar
- estar
- extrañar
- gallo
- hipar
- historiada
- historiado
- indicada
- indicado
- infarto
- los
- mal
- más
- mucha
- mucho
- pensar
- piedra
- programa
- recochineo
- salva
- salvo
- signo
- siquiera
- su
- tan
- todavía
- vez
- cinco
- costumbre
- cuanto
- cuarto
- de
- día
- enfado
- enojo
- entre
- esperar
- estofado
- mientras
- mirar
- momento
- nada
English:
about
- absent
- agree
- alone
- anything
- anywhere
- appreciate
- at
- averse
- barring
- besides
- billion
- blind
- blue
- border
- but
- cackle
- chalk
- circuitous
- conscious
- delay
- far
- ferment
- few
- god
- good
- if
- job
- just
- last
- least
- less
- let
- let up
- mind
- minus
- minus sign
- minute
- miss
- more
- nothing
- nowadays
- of
- opposed
- or
- pretty
- put down
- rate
- recollect
- remain
* * *♦ adj inv1. [comparativo] [cantidad] less;[número] fewer;menos aire less air;menos manzanas fewer apples;menos… que… less/fewer… than…;tiene menos experiencia que tú she has less experience than you;vino menos gente que otras veces there were fewer people there than on other occasions;hace menos calor que ayer it's not as hot as it was yesterday;colócate a menos distancia stand closer;eran menos pero mejor preparadas there were fewer of them, but they were better prepared2. [superlativo] [cantidad] the least;[número] the fewest;el que compró menos libros the one who bought the fewest books;lo que menos tiempo llevó the thing that took the least time;la que menos nota sacó en el examen the girl who did (the) worst o got the worst Br marks o US grades in the exames menos hombre que tú he's less of a man than you are♦ adv1. [comparativo] less;a mí échame un poco menos give me a bit less;ahora con el bebé salen menos they go out less now they've got the baby;últimamente trabajo menos I haven't been working as o so much recently;estás menos gordo you're not as o so fat;¿a cien? no, íbamos menos rápido a hundred km/h? no, we weren't going as fast as that;menos de/que less than;Pepe es menos alto (que tú) Pepe isn't as tall (as you);Pepe es menos ambicioso (que tú) Pepe isn't as ambitious (as you), Pepe is less ambitious (than you);este vino me gusta menos (que el otro) I don't like this wine as much (as the other one), I like this wine less (than the other one);son menos de las diez it's not quite ten o'clock yet;es difícil encontrar alquileres de o [m5]por menos de 50.000 it's hard to find a place to rent for less than o under 50,000;tardamos menos de lo esperado we took less time than expected, it didn't take us as long as we expected;es menos complicado de lo que parece it's not as complicated as it seems, it's less complicated than it seems2. [superlativo]el/la/lo menos the least;ella es la menos adecuada para el cargo she's the least suitable person for the job;el menos preparado de todos/de la clase the least well trained of everyone/in the class;el menos preparado de los dos the less well trained of the two;la que menos trabaja the person o one who works (the) least;aquí es donde menos me duele this is where it hurts (the) least;él es el menos indicado para criticar he's the last person who should be criticizing;es lo menos que puedo hacer it's the least I can do;era lo menos que te podía pasar it was the least you could expect;debió costar lo menos un millón it must have cost at least a million;había algunas manzanas podridas, pero eran las menos some of the apples were rotten, but only a very few3. [indica resta] minus;tres menos dos igual a uno three minus two is one4. Esp, RP [con las horas] to;son las dos menos diez it's ten to two;son menos diez it's ten to5. Compir a menos [fiebre, lluvia] to die down;[delincuencia] to drop;¡menos mal! just as well!, thank God!;menos mal que llevo rueda de repuesto/que no te pasó nada thank God I've got a spare wheel/(that) nothing happened to you;nada menos (que) no less (than);le recibió nada menos que el Papa he was received by none other than the Pope;no es para menos not without (good) reason;no pude por menos que reírme I had to laugh;venir a menos [negocio] to go downhill;[persona] to go down in the world;no pienso montar y menos si conduces o Am [m5] manejas tú I've no intention of getting in, much less so if you're driving;hacer de menos a alguien to snub sb♦ pronhabía menos que el año pasado there were fewer than the previous year;ya queda menos it's not so far to go now♦ nm invMat minus (sign)♦ prep[excepto] except (for);todo menos eso anything but that;vinieron todos menos él everyone came except (for) o but him;menos el café, todo está incluido en el precio everything except the coffee is included in the price♦ al menos loc conjat least;costará al menos tres millones it will cost at least three million;dame al menos una hora para prepararme give me at least an hour to get ready♦ a menos que loc conjunless;no iré a menos que me acompañes I won't go unless you come with me♦ de menos loc advhay dos libros de menos there are two books missing;me han dado 80 céntimos de menos they've given me 80 cents too little, they've short-changed me by 80 cents;eso es lo de menos that's the least of it♦ por lo menos loc advat least;por lo menos pide perdón you at least ought to apologize* * *I adj1 en cantidad less;cien dólares de menos 100 dollars short, 100 dollars too little;hay cinco calcetines de menos we are five socks short2 en número fewerII adves menos guapa que Ana she is not as pretty as Ana2 sup: en cantidad least;al menos, por lo menos at least3 MAT minus;tres menos dos three minus twoIV:a menos que unless;todos menos yo everyone but o except me;echar de menos miss;tener a alguien en menos look down on s.o.;eso es lo de menos that’s the least of it;ir a menos come down in the world;ni mucho menos far from it;no es para menos quite right too;son las dos menos diez it’s ten of two, Br it’s ten to two* * *menos adv1) : lessllueve menos en agosto: it rains less in August2) : leastel coche menos caro: the least expensive car3)menos de : less than, fewer thanmenos adj1) : less, fewertengo más trabajo y menos tiempo: I have more work and less time2) : least, fewestla clase que tiene menos estudiantes: the class that has the fewest studentsmenos prep1) salvo, excepto: except2) : minusquince menos cuatro son once: fifteen minus four is elevenmenos pron1) : less, fewerno deberías aceptar menos: you shouldn't accept less2)al menos orpor lo menos : at least3)a menos que : unless* * *menos1 adv1. (comparativo) less2. (con nombres contables) fewer3. (superlativo) least4. (excepto) except5. (con la hora) to6. (en matemáticas) minusmenos2 n minus sign -
4 dormir
v.1 to sleep.¿duermes? are you asleep?¡a dormir!, ¡es hora de dormir! off to bed!, it's time for bed!2 to get off to sleep (child).dormir la siesta to have an afternoon napdormirla, dormir la mona (informal) to sleep it off3 to spend the night.dormimos en el autobús we spent the night on the bus4 to put to sleep, to sleep.* * *(o changes to ue in stressed syllables or to u in certain persons of certain tenses)Present IndicativePast IndicativePresent SubjunctiveImperfect SubjunctiveFuture SubjunctiveImperative* * *verb- dormirse* * *1. VI1) (=descansar) to sleepno hagas ruido, que está durmiendo — don't make a noise, he's asleep
solo ha dormido cinco horas — she has only had five hours' sleep, she has only slept (for) five hours
¡ahora, todos a dormir! — come on, off to bed all of you o off to bed with you all
•
dormir con algn — tb euf to sleep with sb2) (=pasar la noche) to spend the night, stay the nightdormimos en una pensión — we spent o stayed the night in a guesthouse
•
dormir al raso — to sleep out in the open, sleep rough3) (=estar olvidado) to lie idlemi solicitud ha estado durmiendo en el fondo de un cajón — my application has been lying idle at the bottom of a drawer
2. VT1) (=adormecer) [+ niño] to get (off) to sleep; [+ adulto] [por aburrimiento] to send to sleep; [con anestesia] to put to sleep2)• dormir la siesta — to have a nap, have a siesta
- dormirla3) euf (=matar) to put to sleep3.See:* * *1.verbo intransitivo to sleepniños, a dormir! — it's time for bed, children!
no me deja dormir (en or (Esp) por la noche) — it keeps me awake at night
se fue a dormir temprano — he went off to bed early, he had an early night
dormir a pierna suelta — (fam) to sleep the sleep of the dead
2.dormir como un lirón or un tronco or un bendito — to sleep like a log (colloq)
dormir vta) ( hacer dormir)sus clases me duermen — his classes send o put me to sleep
dormir la mona or dormirla — (fam) to sleep it off (colloq)
b) ( anestesiar) to give... a general anesthetic, to put... out (colloq)c)3.dormir la siesta — to have a siesta o nap
dormirse v prona) ( conciliar el sueño) to fall asleep; ( lograr conciliar el sueño) to get to sleepcasi me duermo en la clase — I almost fell asleep o (colloq) dropped off in class
b) ( no despertarse) to oversleep, sleep in (AmE)c) pierna/brazo (+ me/te/le etc) to go to sleep (colloq)d) (fam) (distraerse, descuidarse)* * *= sleep, slumber, kip, bunk down, bunk, get + some shut-eye, snatch + some shut-eye, grab + some shut-eye.Ex. We set aside places to sleep and cook and wash and defecate.Ex. She slumbered well into the morning, untethered thoughts swimming against an ebbing tide of narcotic dreams.Ex. She sunbathed in the garden while her dog, preferring the cool of the house, had been kipping on the settee as usual.Ex. The main focus of the camp is to allow dogs to socialize, exercise and have a comfy place to bunk down at night.Ex. This is the perfect vacation destination and visitors can stay where cavalrymen once bunked.Ex. This poor baby is just trying to get some shut-eye, but dad's epic snoring is getting in the way.Ex. After a night of endless attempts to snatch some shut-eye we managed to exhaust the night by stargazing out the open window.Ex. Go home, grab some shut-eye then meet same place same time tomorrow.----* ayuda para dormir = sleeping aid.* dormir bajo las estrellas = sleep under + the stars.* dormir en litera = bunk.* dormir la noche = stay overnight.* dormirse = go to + sleep, fall + asleep.* dormirse en los laureles = indulge in + complacency, complacent, rest on + Posesivo + laurels, sit on + Posesivo + laurels, lie on + Posesivo + oars, rest on + Posesivo + oars.* dormir una siesta = nap, napping, kip, take + a nap.* la ciudad que nunca duerme = the city that never sleeps.* noche sin poder dormir = sleepless night.* no poder dormir = sleeplessness.* persona que duerme bien = good sleeper.* píldora para dormir = sleeping pill.* quedarse a dormir en la casa de un amigo = sleepover.* ropa de dormir = nightwear, sleepwear.* saco de dormir = sleeping bag.* sin poder dormir = sleepless.* * *1.verbo intransitivo to sleepniños, a dormir! — it's time for bed, children!
no me deja dormir (en or (Esp) por la noche) — it keeps me awake at night
se fue a dormir temprano — he went off to bed early, he had an early night
dormir a pierna suelta — (fam) to sleep the sleep of the dead
2.dormir como un lirón or un tronco or un bendito — to sleep like a log (colloq)
dormir vta) ( hacer dormir)sus clases me duermen — his classes send o put me to sleep
dormir la mona or dormirla — (fam) to sleep it off (colloq)
b) ( anestesiar) to give... a general anesthetic, to put... out (colloq)c)3.dormir la siesta — to have a siesta o nap
dormirse v prona) ( conciliar el sueño) to fall asleep; ( lograr conciliar el sueño) to get to sleepcasi me duermo en la clase — I almost fell asleep o (colloq) dropped off in class
b) ( no despertarse) to oversleep, sleep in (AmE)c) pierna/brazo (+ me/te/le etc) to go to sleep (colloq)d) (fam) (distraerse, descuidarse)* * *= sleep, slumber, kip, bunk down, bunk, get + some shut-eye, snatch + some shut-eye, grab + some shut-eye.Ex: We set aside places to sleep and cook and wash and defecate.
Ex: She slumbered well into the morning, untethered thoughts swimming against an ebbing tide of narcotic dreams.Ex: She sunbathed in the garden while her dog, preferring the cool of the house, had been kipping on the settee as usual.Ex: The main focus of the camp is to allow dogs to socialize, exercise and have a comfy place to bunk down at night.Ex: This is the perfect vacation destination and visitors can stay where cavalrymen once bunked.Ex: This poor baby is just trying to get some shut-eye, but dad's epic snoring is getting in the way.Ex: After a night of endless attempts to snatch some shut-eye we managed to exhaust the night by stargazing out the open window.Ex: Go home, grab some shut-eye then meet same place same time tomorrow.* ayuda para dormir = sleeping aid.* dormir bajo las estrellas = sleep under + the stars.* dormir en litera = bunk.* dormir la noche = stay overnight.* dormirse = go to + sleep, fall + asleep.* dormirse en los laureles = indulge in + complacency, complacent, rest on + Posesivo + laurels, sit on + Posesivo + laurels, lie on + Posesivo + oars, rest on + Posesivo + oars.* dormir una siesta = nap, napping, kip, take + a nap.* la ciudad que nunca duerme = the city that never sleeps.* noche sin poder dormir = sleepless night.* no poder dormir = sleeplessness.* persona que duerme bien = good sleeper.* píldora para dormir = sleeping pill.* quedarse a dormir en la casa de un amigo = sleepover.* ropa de dormir = nightwear, sleepwear.* saco de dormir = sleeping bag.* sin poder dormir = sleepless.* * *viA (quedarse dormido) to sleeplos niños están durmiendo the children are asleep o are sleeping¡niños, a dormir, que ya es hora! it's time for bed, children!no dormí nada I didn't sleep a winknecesito dormir por lo menos ocho horas I need at least eight hours' sleeptrata de dormir un poco try to get some sleep, try to sleep for a whileno me deja dormir it keeps me awake at nightdurmió de un tirón she slept right through (the night)se fue a dormir temprano he went off to bed early, he had an early nightla ciudad dormía ( liter); the city sleptno deje dormir su dinero don't let your money lie idleB (pasar la noche) to stay o spend the nightdormimos en un hotel we stayed o spent the night in a hoteldurmieron en París they overnighted in Paris■ dormirvt1 (hacer dormir) ‹niño/bebé› to get … off to sleeplo durmió cantándole una nana she got him off to sleep by singing him a lullabysus clases me duermen his classes send o put me to sleep2 (anestesiar) ‹persona› to give … a general anesthetictuvieron que dormirlo para sacarle las muelas he had to have a general anesthetic to have his teeth outtodavía tengo este lado dormido de la anestesia this side is still numb from the anesthetic3dormir la siesta to have a siesta o nap■ dormirse1(conciliar el sueño): no podía dormirme I couldn't get (off) to sleepse durmió hacia las tres de la madrugada she went o got to sleep at about three in the morningfue tan aburrido que casi me duermo it was so boring I almost fell asleep o ( colloq) dropped off2 (no despertarse) to oversleep, sleep in ( AmE)3 «pierna/brazo» (+ me/te/le etc) to go to sleep ( colloq)se me ha dormido el pie my foot has gone to sleep4 ( fam)(distraerse, descuidarse): contéstales lo antes posible, no te duermas write back as soon as possible, don't waste any time o ( colloq) don't hang aroundsi te duermes, te quitarán el puesto you'll lose your job if you're not careful o if you don't keep on your toes* * *
dormir ( conjugate dormir) verbo intransitivo
to sleep;
dormimos en un hotel we spent the night in a hotel;
durmió de un tirón she slept right through (the night);
se fue a dormir temprano he went off to bed early, he had an early night;
dormir a pierna suelta (fam) to sleep the sleep of the dead;
dormir como un lirón or tronco to sleep like a log (colloq)
verbo transitivo
◊ sus clases me duermen his classes send o put me to sleep
c)◊ dormir la siesta to have a siesta o nap
dormirse verbo pronominal
( lograr conciliar el sueño) to get to sleep;◊ casi me duermo en la clase I almost fell asleep o (colloq) dropped off in class
d) (fam) (distraerse, descuidarse):
dormir
I verbo intransitivo to sleep: el niño tiene ganas de dormir, the baby is feeling sleepy
II verbo transitivo dormir una siesta, to have a nap
♦ Locuciones: dormir como un tronco/ceporro/leño, to sleep like a log
dormirla o dormir la mona, to sleep it off
' dormir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- acostumbrar
- ajena
- ajeno
- arropar
- bestialidad
- bolsa
- despertarse
- desvelar
- encogerse
- hacerse
- modorra
- mona
- pierna
- retirarse
- ronquido
- saco
- salvajada
- siesta
- sobar
- sueño
- techo
- tronco
- acostar
- bien
- boca
- cama
- casi
- descampado
- dormido
- duerma
- durmiera
- lado
- lirón
- pastilla
- petate
- poder
- raso
- retirar
- roncar
- ser
English:
crying
- easy
- keep
- lightly
- log
- nap
- rough
- send
- sleep
- sleep in
- sleep off
- sleep out
- sleeping bag
- solidly
- soundly
- arrangement
- lie
- night
- numb
- put
- siesta
- sleeping
- slumber
- snatch
* * *♦ vt1. [bebé, niño, persona] to get off to sleep;lo durmió acunándolo en los brazos she rocked him to sleep in her arms;el rumor de la fuente terminó durmiéndolo the murmur of the fountain eventually sent him to sleep;el fútbol me duerme soccer sends me to sleepdurmió la borrachera en un banco del parque he slept off the binge on a park bench;Famdormirla, dormir la mona to sleep it off3. [anestesiar] to anaesthetize;me durmieron y no me enteré de nada they put me to sleep and I didn't feel a thing;el dentista me durmió la boca the dentist made my mouth numb♦ vi1. [reposar] to sleep;baja la voz, que están durmiendo keep your voice down, they're asleep;¿duermes? are you asleep?;no puedo dormir I can't sleep o get to sleep;intenta dormir un poco try to get some sleep;¡a dormir!, ¡es hora de dormir! off to bed!, it's time for bed!;el ruido no me deja dormir I can't sleep for the noise;dormir bien/mal to sleep well/badly;irse a dormir to go to bed;¿a qué hora sueles irte a dormir? what time do you usually go to bed?;dormir de un tirón to sleep right through, to sleep without waking up;Fam2. [pernoctar] to spend the night;dormimos en el autobús we spent the night on the bus;ayer no durmió en casa he didn't sleep at home last nightduermen juntos they're sleeping together4. [estar olvidado] to languish;su guión dormía en el cajón de algún productor his script was languishing in some producer's desk drawer* * *II v/t1 put to sleep;dejar dormir algo fig let sth lie2:dormir a alguien MED give s.o. a general anesthetic* * *dormir {27} vt: to put to sleepdormir vi: to sleep* * *dormir vb¿has dormido bien? did you sleep well?2. (estar dormido) to be asleepno hagas ruido, que duerme don't make any noise he's asleep¡a dormir! time for bed! -
5 herido
adj.wounded, struck, hurt, injured.f. & m.wounded person, casualty, injured person.past part.past participle of spanish verb: herir.* * *1→ link=herir herir► adjetivo1 (físicamente) wounded, injured, hurt2 figurado (emocionalmente) hurt, wounded► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 wounded person, injured person1 the wounded\caer herido,-a to be woundedherido,-a de gravedad badly injuredherido,-a de muerte mortally woundedhurgar en la herida figurado to turn the knife in the woundlamerse las heridas figurado to lick one's woundssentirse herido,-a figurado to feel hurttocar a alguien en la herida figurado to touch somebody's sore spot* * *1. (f. - herida)noun2. (f. - herida)adj.1) injured, wounded2) hurt* * *herido, -a1. ADJ1) [físicamente] [gen] injured; [en tiroteo, atentado, guerra] woundedun policía resultó herido en el tiroteo — a policeman was injured o wounded in the shooting
estaba herido de muerte, estaba mortalmente herido — he was fatally injured
2) [emocionalmente] hurttiene el orgullo herido — his pride has been hurt o wounded
2.SM / F (=lesionado) [gen] injured person; [en tiroteo, atentado, guerra] wounded personhubo dos heridos en el accidente — two people were injured o hurt in the accident
se llevaron a los heridos al hospital — they took the casualties o injured (people) to hospital
el número de los heridos en el accidente — the number of casualties o people injured in the accident
3.SM Cono Sur ditch, channel* * *I- da adjetivo1) ( físicamente) injuredestá gravemente herido — ( por accidente) he is seriously injured; ( por agresión) he has been seriously wounded
2) ( en sentimiento) < persona> hurt, wounded (liter); < honor> wounded (liter)II- da masculino, femeninolos heridos — the injured/wounded
* * *= bruised, wounded.Ex. 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.Ex. When WWII broke out her large home became a convalescence home for wounded soldiers.----* herido de amor = lovelorn.* herido de desamor = lovelorn.* herido de muerte = mortally wounded.* heridos, los = wounded, the.* hurgar en la herida = add + salt to the wound.* mortalmente herido = mortally wounded.* superficialmente herido = superficially wounded.* * *I- da adjetivo1) ( físicamente) injuredestá gravemente herido — ( por accidente) he is seriously injured; ( por agresión) he has been seriously wounded
2) ( en sentimiento) < persona> hurt, wounded (liter); < honor> wounded (liter)II- da masculino, femeninolos heridos — the injured/wounded
* * *= bruised, wounded.Ex: 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.
Ex: When WWII broke out her large home became a convalescence home for wounded soldiers.* herido de amor = lovelorn.* herido de desamor = lovelorn.* herido de muerte = mortally wounded.* heridos, los = wounded, the.* hurgar en la herida = add + salt to the wound.* mortalmente herido = mortally wounded.* superficialmente herido = superficially wounded.* * *A (físicamente) injuredestá gravemente herido (como consecuencia — de un accidente) he is seriously injured; (— de una agresión) he has been seriously wounded24 personas resultaron heridas en el accidente 24 people were injured o hurt in the accidentestá herido de muerte he has been fatally woundedle vendó el brazo herido he bandaged her injured armse sintió herido en su amor propio his pride was hurt o woundedse sintió herido por aquél comentario he was wounded o very hurt by that commentmasculine, feminineA(persona): la explosión causó varios heridos several people were injured in the explosionhubo que hospitalizar a los heridos the injured/wounded had to be taken to (the) hospitalhubo dos heridos graves two people were seriously injuredCompuesto:mpl war-wounded (pl)B* * *
Del verbo herir: ( conjugate herir)
herido es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
herido
herir
herido◊ -da adjetivo
( por agresión) he has been seriously wounded;
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:◊ los heridos the injured/wounded
herir ( conjugate herir) verbo transitivo
herido,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino casualty, injured person: aún no se conoce el número de heridos, the number of casualties is still not known
herir verbo transitivo
1 (físicamente) (accidentalmente) to injure
(con un arma, instrumento) to wound
2 (espiritualmente) to hurt, wound: hirió sus sentimientos, he hurt his feelings
3 (la vista, el oído) to offend ➣ Ver nota en herida
' herido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baja
- herida
- mortalmente
- si
- gravedad
English:
badly
- casualty
- critically
- destroy
- fatally
- hurt
- injured
- mortally
- neither
- seriously
- smash
- sorely
- wounded
* * *herido, -a♦ adj1. [físicamente] [en accidente] injured;[en lucha, atentado] wounded;resultaron heridos once civiles eleven civilians were wounded;resultó herido leve/de gravedad he suffered minor/serious injuries;había dos personas heridas en el suelo there were two people lying injured/wounded on the ground2. [sentimentalmente] hurt, wounded;está herida por tus comentarios she was hurt o wounded by your remarks;se sintió herido en su amor propio his pride was hurt♦ nm,f[persona] [en accidente] injured person; [en lucha, atentado] wounded person;no hubo heridos there were no casualties;los heridos [en accidente] the injured;[en lucha, atentado] the wounded;hubo dos heridos graves/leves en el accidente two people were seriously/slightly injured in the accident* * *los heridos the wounded; ( lesionados) the injured;el atentado dejó cuatro heridos graves y dos leves the attack left four people seriously injured and two slightly* * *herido, -da adj1) : injured, wounded2) : hurt, offendedherido, -da n: injured person, casualty* * *herido1 adj1. (en un accidente) injured2. (por un arma) woundedherido2 n injured person / casualty [pl. casualties] -
6 llamado
adj.1 so-called, named, referred to as.2 called.m.call, calling, prayer, beck.past part.past participle of spanish verb: llamar.* * *1→ link=llamar llamar► adjetivo1 called, named* * *1. ADJ1) (=con el nombre de) [persona] named, called; [lugar] calledun chico llamado Manuel — a boy named o called Manuel
2) (=conocido) so-calledordenadores paralelos, así llamados por que funcionan simultáneamente — parallel computers, so called because they work simultaneously
el cubo de Rubik, así llamado en honor a su inventor — Rubik's cube, named after its inventor
3) (=destinado)esta ley está llamada a desaparecer — this law is bound o destined to disappear
4) (=convocado)2. SM1) Arg call, phone call2) LAm (=llamamiento) appeal* * *I- da adjetivo1) ( por un nombre) calledel 747, también llamado `jumbo' — the 747, also known as the jumbo jet
el llamado `boom' de los sesenta — the so-called `boom' of the sixties
2) [estar] ( destinado)IIllamado a algo: está llamado a convertirse en una gran atracción — it is set to become a big attraction
a) (AmL) ( al público) llamamientob) (Arg) (Telec) llamada 1) a)* * *= so-called.Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS contains a so-called 'help' capability.----* erróneamente llamado = ill-named.* llamado así = so named.* mal llamado = ill-named.* * *I- da adjetivo1) ( por un nombre) calledel 747, también llamado `jumbo' — the 747, also known as the jumbo jet
el llamado `boom' de los sesenta — the so-called `boom' of the sixties
2) [estar] ( destinado)IIllamado a algo: está llamado a convertirse en una gran atracción — it is set to become a big attraction
a) (AmL) ( al público) llamamientob) (Arg) (Telec) llamada 1) a)* * *= so-called.Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS contains a so-called 'help' capability.
* erróneamente llamado = ill-named.* llamado así = so named.* mal llamado = ill-named.* * *A (por un nombre) calledun arqueólogo francés llamado Lamy a French archaeologist named o called Lamynos detuvimos en un lugar llamado La Dehesa we stopped at a place called La Dehesael 747, también llamado `jumbo' the 747, also known as the jumbo jetel llamado `boom' de los sesenta the so-called `boom' of the sixtiesla enfermedad de Chagas, así llamada por el nombre de su descubridor Chagas' disease, named after o so called because of the physician who discovered itB [ ESTAR] (destinado) llamado A algo:está llamado a convertirse en la principal atracción del parque it is destined o set to become the park's main attraction* * *
Del verbo llamar: ( conjugate llamar)
llamado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
llamado
llamar
llamado 1◊ -da adjetivo
1 ( por un nombre) called;
el 747, también llamado `jumbo' the 747, also known as the jumbo jet;
el llamado `boom' de los sesenta the so-called `boom' of the sixties
2 (a la fama, éxito) See Also→ destinado 1a
llamado 2 sustantivo masculino
b) (Arg) (Telec) See Also→◊ llamada
llamar ( conjugate llamar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹bomberos/policía› to call;
‹ médico› to call (out);
‹camarero/criada/ascensor› to call;
‹súbditos/servidores› to summon;
‹ taxi› ( por teléfono) to call;
( en la calle) to hail;
el sindicato los llamó a la huelga the union called them out on strike
2 ( por teléfono) to phone, to call;
llamado a algn al celular (AmL) or (Esp) al móvil to call sb on their cell phone (AmE) o mobile (BrE)
3
(dar el título, apodo de) to call
verbo intransitivo
1 ( con los nudillos) to knock;
( tocar el timbre) to ring (the doorbell);
2 (Telec) [ persona] to telephone, phone, call;
[ teléfono] to ring;◊ ¿quién llama? who's calling?;
ver tb cobro b
llamarse verbo pronominal
to be called;
¿cómo te llamas? what's your name?
llamado,-a adjetivo so-called
llamar
I verbo transitivo
1 to call
2 (telefonear) to call up, phone, ring: la llamé esta mañana, I rang her this morning
3 (suscitar vocación, interés) to appeal
llamar la atención, to attract attention
4 (por un nombre de pila) to name
(por un apodo, mote, diminutivo) to call
II vi (con los nudillos) to knock
(con el timbre) to ring
' llamado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
llamada
- alguien
- aún
- preocupar
English:
aptly
- hotly
- lop-eared
- so-called
- appeal
- call
- draft
- name
- so
- summons
- their
* * *llamado, -a♦ adj1. [con nombre]fueron descubiertas por un naturalista llamado Marcelino they were discovered by a naturalist called o named Marcelino;el llamado “efecto invernadero” what is known as the “greenhouse effect”;Roma, también llamada la Ciudad Eterna Rome, also known as the Eternal City;la ardilla gris, llamada así por el color de su piel the grey squirrel, so called because of the colour of its fur2. [destinado]un descubrimiento llamado a revolucionar la vida moderna a discovery destined to revolutionize modern life;un joven llamado a convertirse el líder del partido a young man destined to become party leader♦ nmAm1. [en general] call;[a la puerta] knock; [con timbre] ring llamado de atención warning;llamado al orden call to order;llamado de socorro distress signal2. [telefónico] call;hacer un llamado to make a phone call;tienes dos llamados en el contestador you have two messages on your answering machinellamado a cobro revertido Br reverse-charge call, US collect call;llamado local local call;llamado nacional national call;llamado telefónico telephone call, phone call;llamado urbano local call3. [apelación] appeal, call;hacer un llamado a alguien para que haga algo to call upon sb to do sth;hacer un llamado a la huelga to call a strikellamado a filas call-up, US draft* * *I adj called, namedII m L.Am.call* * *llamado, -da adj: named, calleduna mujer llamada Rosa: a woman called Rosa -
7 total
adj.1 total (completo) (cifra, coste).2 fab (informal) (fantastic).adv.basically, in a word.total que me marché so anyway, I lefttotal, ¿qué más da? what difference does it make anyway?intj.in short.Total,nadie acudió a su trabajo! In short, nobody came to work!m.1 total (suma).me da un total de 580 libras I make it »5802 whole (totalidad, conjunto).el total del grupo the whole groupnos costó 200 dólares en total it cost us 200 dollars in total o allen total fuimos más de treinta personas in total there were more than thirty of us* * *► adjetivo1 total, complete, overall1 (totalidad) whole2 (suma) total, sum► adverbio1 (en conclusión) in short, so■ total, fue un fracaso in short, it was a failure■ total, que se fueron porque quisieron they left because they wanted to2 (al fin y al cabo) after all■ total, para lo que me sirve... after all, for all the good it is to me...\en total in all* * *noun m. adj.* * *1. ADJ1) (=absoluto) [éxito, fracaso] total2) (=global) [importe, suma] total3) * (=excelente) smashing, brilliant2. ADV1) (=resumiendo) in short, all in all; (=así que) sototal que — to cut a long story short, the upshot of it all was that...
total, que no fuimos — so we didn't go after all
total, que vas a hacer lo que quieras — basically then you're going to do as you please
2) (=al fin y al cabo) at the end of the daytotal, ¿qué más te da? — at the end of the day, what do you care?
total, usted manda — well, you're the boss after all
3.SM (=suma total) total; (=totalidad) whole* * *Ib) ( global) <costo/importe> totalIImasculino totalIII¿cuánto es el total? — how much is it altogether?
adverbio (indep) (fam)a) ( al resumir una narración) so, in the endtotal, que me di por vencida — so in the end I gave up
b) (expresando indiferencia, poca importancia)total, a mí qué — (fam) what do I care anyway
total, mañana no tienes que trabajar — after all, you don't have to go to work tomorrow
* * *Ib) ( global) <costo/importe> totalIImasculino totalIII¿cuánto es el total? — how much is it altogether?
adverbio (indep) (fam)a) ( al resumir una narración) so, in the endtotal, que me di por vencida — so in the end I gave up
b) (expresando indiferencia, poca importancia)total, a mí qué — (fam) what do I care anyway
total, mañana no tienes que trabajar — after all, you don't have to go to work tomorrow
* * *total11 = tally [tallies, pl.], total, count, grand total.Ex: As the various parts of the record are entered, the document summary indicates the additions by the tallies opposite the record parts.
Ex: Someone must read a total on the card, so that the machine can add its computed item to it.Ex: Not much data beyond loan counts was available and re-keying and remanipulations were frequently needed to make the information useful.Ex: The grand total of 4,300 exhibitors was 4 per cent up on 1996.* de un total de + Cantidad = out of a total of + Cantidad.* el total de = the total sum of, the sum total of.* total comprometida = encumbrance.* total comprometido = accrual.* total de calorías = calorie count.* total de préstamos = circulation figures.* total devengado = encumbrance, accrual.* un total de = a universe of, a total of.total22 = complete, full [fuller -comp., fullest -sup.], thorough, total, end to end, supine, unrelieved, utter, gavel to gavel, systemic, overarching, ultimate, avowed, out-and-out, certified, unmitigaged, fully blown, unreserved.Ex: The main entry is the complete catalogue record of the document.
Ex: Since recall goes up as precision goes down, it is clearly not possible to achieve in general a system which gives full recall at the same time as full precision.Ex: Timely and thorough planning is essential.Ex: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.Ex: Next morning the heap, now damp right through, was set up on one end of the horse (later called the bank), a bench long enough to take two piles of paper end to end, and about as high as the coffin of the press.Ex: 'I was saying that we shouldn't have a supine acceptance for temporary limitations'.Ex: Although the slave narratives were usually intended to serve in the cause of abolition, not all of them were bitter, unrelieved tirades against the institution of slavery, but rather there were frequently moments of relieving laughter.Ex: There is little to be said for this grudging acceptance or utter rejection of pseudonyms.Ex: A survey of state legislators finds that lawmakers support expanding television coverage of legislative proceedings to include gavel to gavel programming.Ex: There is a need for an examination of the whole process of information dissemination from a 'systemic' framework.Ex: There appears to be an unhealthy tendency among information technology professionals to elevate any single, highly successful practical experience instantly into an overarching paradigm for managerial success.Ex: The whole project is undeniably full of sentimental, cinephiliac rapture, but it provided the ultimate opportunity for filmmakers to talk feverishly about the basic nature of their medium.Ex: Anne Bogart's novel combines avowed misogyny with postfeminist frolic.Ex: Such an appraoch is unlikely to improve the social sciences unless valid informaton can first be distinguished from out-and-out incorrect information.Ex: She is a certified TV-addict -- you simply cannot talk to her when she's glued to the box.Ex: Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.Ex: This time it's a hairline fracture rather than a fully blown break of a metatarsal, however the result is the same.Ex: It is also important that we all give them our unreserved support.* de movimiento total = full-motion.* en total = all told, altogether, in all, overall, in total, in toto.* fracaso total = complete failure.* integración total = seamlessness.* la suma total de = the total sum of, the sum total of.* limpieza total = clean sweep.* Número + en total = Número + in number.* oscuridad total = pitch blackness, pitch darkness.* rechazo total = bold statement against.* síndrome de alergia total = total allergy syndrome.* siniestro total = write-off [writeoff].* suma total = sum total, count.* total atención = undivided attention.* * *1 (absoluto) ‹desastre/destrucción› total; ‹éxito› resounding ( before n), totalla película fue un fracaso total the film was a total o an utter failureun cambio total a complete change2 (global) ‹coste/importe› totaltotal¿cuánto es el total? what's the total?, what does it all come to?, how much is it altogether?el total de las pérdidas/ganancias the total losses/profitsel total asciende a $40.000 the total amounts to o comes to o is $40,000afecta a un total de 600 personas it affects a total of 600 peopleen total altogetherson 5 euros en total that's 5 euros altogether1 (al resumir una narración) so, in the endtotal, que me di por vencida so in the end I gave up2(expresando indiferencia, poca importancia): ¿por qué no te quedas? total, mañana no tienes que trabajar why not stay? I mean o after all, you don't have to go to work tomorrow* * *
total adjetivo
‹ éxito› resounding ( before n), total;
‹ cambio› complete
■ sustantivo masculino
total;
■ adverbio ( indep) (fam) ( al resumir una narración) so, in the end;
total, que me di por vencida so in the end I gave up
total
I adjetivo total
un desastre total, a complete o total disaster
eclipse total, total eclipse
II sustantivo masculino
1 total
el total de la población, the whole population
el total de los trabajadores, all the workers
en total costó unas dos mil pesetas, altogether it cost over two thousand pesetas
2 Mat total
III adv (en resumen) so: total, que al final María vino con nosotros, so, in the end Maria came with us
fam (con indiferencia) anyway: total, a mí no me gustaba, I didn't like it anyway
' total' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
absoluta
- absoluto
- aforo
- completa
- completo
- desconocimiento
- esclarecimiento
- importe
- montante
- monto
- parque
- radical
- suma
- sumar
- toda
- todo
- totalizar
- global
- integral
- liquidación
- miramiento
- monta
- perdido
- pleno
- ser
- silencio
English:
absolute
- all
- altogether
- bedlam
- capacity
- come to
- complete
- dead
- dedication
- dismal
- disregard
- full
- grand total
- ignorance
- in
- overall
- perfect
- rank
- raving
- reversal
- sell-out
- serve out
- sheer
- subtotal
- sum
- tell
- total
- unqualified
- utter
- write off
- write-off
- account
- add
- come
- count
- disarray
- downright
- flat
- grand
- grid
- gross
- implicit
- matter
- number
- out
- recall
- run
- swell
- virtual
- write
* * *♦ adj1. [cifra, coste, gasto] total;el importe total de las inversiones the total amount of the investments2. [confianza, rechazo, ruptura] total, complete;actúa con total libertad she acts completely freely, she has complete freedom of action;su influencia en ellos es total he has overwhelming influence over them♦ nm1. [suma] total;el total de visitantes del museo alcanzó los tres millones the total number of visitors to the museum reached three million;me da un total de 580 I make it 580Cont total actualizado running total;total de ventas total sales2. [totalidad, conjunto] whole;el total del grupo the whole group;en total in total, in all;nos costó 200 dólares en total it cost us 200 dollars in total o all;en total fuimos más de treinta personas in total there were more than thirty of us♦ adv1. [en resumen] basically, in a word;total, que me marché so anyway, I left;total, que te has quedado sin trabajo, ¿no? basically, you're out of a job, then?2. [en realidad] anyway;total, ¿qué más da? what difference does it make anyway?;llévatelo, total ¿para qué lo quiero yo? take it, what good is it to me, after all?* * *I adj total, complete;en total altogether, in totalII m total;un total de 50 personas a total of 50 peopleIII adv:total, que no conseguí estudiar the upshot was that I didn’t manage to get any studying done* * *total adv: in the end, sototal, que no fui: in short, I didn't gototal adj & nm: total♦ totalmente adv* * *total1 adj total / completetotal2 adv sototal, que no piensas venir so, you're not coming thentotal3 n totaleso hace un total de 2.000 pesetas that makes a total of 2,000 pesetas
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